-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 I tested this and found it to be true, the 787's autopilot is broken. However the 737's cockpit is uggly. Hm can either of those be fixed before release?
/AnMaster Georg Vollnhals wrote: > As I would say, most developers and active users of FlightGear are more > interested in smaller aircraft or helicopters than in airliners, at > least if we count the new developed aircrafts. At least for Germany, > this might be vice versa. If I check the interests of known > flightsimmers (fellows, friends and neighbours) most of them like > sim-flying airliners - only a few very seriously online. > So we should be very careful what to present to new users. And although > i really dislike the 2D panel of the 737 (HHS is developing a 3D panel, > but this is an option for the next release) *the very nice 787 has one > problem here which makes it UNUSABLE: > *Activating the autopilot ie. with altitude hold it runs into very > serious oscillations around the pitch axis - you really get sea-sick. I > am not sure where I read that another user had the same problems > (Forum? list?). It seems to be a problem of faster running PCs. > It would be a good idea if as many people as possible would test the 787 > before choosing it. If it is only a local problem here, ok then we > should take the 787. A pity, as the 737 does not show the capabilities > of the actual FlightGear version, but then the 737 is the only airline > we could choose :-( -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHV9x2WmK6ng/aMNkRCnXTAKCYUgjmg1aTF1VHmnUC03oRYV8JmwCfT9r3 GcXCGSMepYwYhC+UXYk6ED4= =oFwk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
